UPDATE: One lane still blocked after truck fire on I-26 W in Unicoi County, TN
Photo by Dana Wachter / 11 Connects
The burned tractor trailer sits along Interstate 26 westbound in Unicoi County Thursday morning.
Update at 11:05 by Josh Smith, 11 Connects
A Tennessee Highway Patrol dispatcher said the right lane of I-26 in Unicoi County at the scene of the truck fire is still blocked. No word when all lanes will re-open.
A tractor trailer’s brakes overheated as the truck descened out of mountains on I-26 in Unicoi County this morning. That caused the tires and, eventually, the trailer hauling aluminum siding to catch fire.
Just after the 6 a.m. truck fire, both lanes of I-26 westbound were closed in Unicoi County.
As of 7:45 a.m., the right lane of I-26 west was still blocked with traffic moving slowly pasted the burned truck wreckage on the side of the interstate at the 28 milemarker between the Okolona and Unicoi exits.
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